Opinion from a Chennai guy in Vadodara

Hello all, I am a chennai guy currently living in Vadodara for the past two years and these are my observations as an outsider regarding this city. Things I like: 1. Cheap Autos (cannot stress this enough) and other services. 2. Lots of eateries and chaat shops. 3. Better roads (relatively) 4. Women’s freedom 5. Friendliest people. 6. No political party posters on public walls and pillars. ( in chennai you can see 1000s of posters pasted on the walls and make the ambient as ugly as possible) 7. People Love for PAN India movies. ( in the south they don’t give much attention to Bollywood movies) Things I don’t like: 1. People spitting guthka everywhere. Seriously, any step you walk in the road has spit stains. People spit in the kitchen sink, open the window and spit , park their car and spit like a pool of red vomit spread on the ground. Even inside the office they chew guthka and talk to others. I am not saying people don’t do this in the south, they do but very discreetly, it is frowned upon if people see someone chew guthka and talk. Majority spit the guthka after finding non walkways or pathways 2. Alcohol. I get it , Gandhi opposed it and the gov banned the sale. But this would have been a much more fun place if booze is available legally and I guess people resorted to Guthka because liquor is banned. Overall, I love this place but I hope the government comes up with some sort of awareness program on Guthka issue. Just my two cents.